You snooze you lose when you fail to hire quickly
A recent article in Business Insider reported that Yahoo’s hiring process is taking so long that they are losing out…
A recent article in Business Insider reported that Yahoo’s hiring process is taking so long that they are losing out…
Everyone is commenting on the recent Yahoo memo banning working from home. While most of the discussion revolves around whether…
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Business Insider has published a follow-up to their story about an e-mail from an alleged Yahoo employee who accused Marissa Mayer of always being late to meetings. Numerous sources corroborate her tardiness, according to the article. I addressed this e-mail about Mayer and the negative ramifications of CEOs who are habitually late in my recent post: Perpetually late CEOs fail to impress. Bottom line in my opinion: Showing up late to meetings is one of the worst sins a CEO can make.
Judging By This Angry Email, Marissa Mayer Hasn’t Yet Wowed ALL Yahoo Employees
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Every new CEO faces some resistance, and high profile ones like Marissa Mayer are especially susceptible to attention-getting PR stunts from disgruntled employees or people pretending to be them. So this e-mail from an alleged Yahoo employee should be taken with a grain of salt. Regardless of the letter’s authenticity, it does bring up an interesting point about her being late to every meeting so far: I think showing up late to meetings is one of the worst sins for a CEO (especially a new one).
Being late to meetings the CEO probably initiated in the first place basically says to employees: “My time is more valuable than yours – not only each individual employee but everyone at this meeting combined.” This behavior flouts one of the three critical tools I’ve asserted that every CEO needs to excel: caring. If the actions described in this e-mail are accurate, Mayer will not be a very successful CEO. I’ll write more about how new CEOs can set themselves up for success in a later post.
Aristotle’s Rhetoric from the 4th century B.C. has many lessons for CEOs today striving to do their best. In particular,…